It’s true. When Glenn Reynolds (a.k.a. “The Instapundit” and godfather of the blogging world) mentioned in passing how much he liked this handy household gadget called the Magic Eraser, I knew it must be great. And when he commented on its ability to work on a wide variety of surfaces, rather than just those stated on the box, I knew this product would be right up my alley.

My Favorite Uses For Mr. Clean Magic Erasers

The very first time I tried a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, I was SHOCKED. It worked so well — but what really sold me was its ability to clean the slightly rough, textured surfaces that the handles of our kitchen appliancesare made of.

After a few minutes of wiping down appliances, light switches, and cupboards (also lightly textured), I decided to go all around the house looking for stuff to clean. These little sponges are great at getting into the tiny cracks & crevices of virtually any surface!

My other favorite uses for a Magic Eraser:

Removing scuff marks from floors, doors, and baseboards (…not only scuff marks, but also years of black grime & built-up hairspray on white baseboards in the bathrooms & door panels of cabinets/doors)

Making tennis shoes look like new again

Cleaning white grout effortlessly

Removing set-in tea stains in the Mr. Coffee Instant Tea Maker (both, the pitcher and the tea holder) or any plastic pitcher

My Best Tip: How To Get The Most Out Of Magic Eraser Blocks

The only downside to Mr. Clean Magic Eraser blocks is that they don’t last long. But that’s a testament to their cleaning power — their tiny pores get filled with all the gunk that’s hiding in small spaces.

To get more life out of your Magic Erasers, try this:

1. Cut each Magic Eraser into 8 or 9 equal-sized pieces — across the shortest width of the eraser, rather than lengthwise. This way, you get 8 to 9 times the amount of cleaning out of 1 single block!

2. Lightly mist 1 small piece of the cleaning block with water (using a spray bottle or the kitchen sink sprayer) rather than saturating it with water (which causes it to shrivel up more).

3. Scrub lightly with the Magic Eraser, then wipe the area with a wet towel to avoid smearing the dirt & grime and remove any residue.

4. When your tiny cleaning block starts to get yucky (after cleaning a few different items), simply spray rinse it again to revive it a bit. Squeeze the excess water out, and continue using it until it physically starts to shred apart.

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I like to help people find unique ways to do things that will save time & money — so I write about “outside the box” Household Tips and Life Hacks that most wouldn’t think of. I’m super-organized. And I LOVE to clean! I even enjoy doing laundry (but not ironing). I’m also a lifelong dog owner — so I often share my favorite tips for living with dogs inside your home (like smart home design choices and dog-friendly cleaning & decorating ideas). Career-wise, I’ve been sharing my best ideas with others by blogging full-time since 1998 (the same year that Google started… and before the days of Facebook and YouTube). Prior to that, I worked in Higher Ed over 10 years before switching gears to pursue activities that I’m truly passionate about instead. For example, I’ve worked at a vet, in a photo lab, and at a zoo — to name a few. I enjoy the outdoors via bicycle, motorcycle, Jeep, or RV. When I’m not cleaning, organizing, decorating, or fixing something… you’ll find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun & helpful websites). To date, I’ve personally written over 200 articles about cleaning, organization, DIY repairs, and household hacks on this site! A few have over 2M shares; many others have over 100K shares.

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These “sponges” are made of melamine foam, which works by being rubbed over the stain, acting kind of like a fine sandpaper. I fail to see how a cut-off piece floating in the toilet overnight can clean the ring from the bowl. I call BS on that particular top!

This stuff works great on removing permanent ink. Some vandals tagged our galvanized light post outside our house. With a little effort, I got the ink out in less than 15 minutes! The Magic Eraser really works!

Cool post – I really like being able to stretch an item to get the most out of it as possible. You’ve given me some great ideas – I’m also looking for uses for baby powder, so if you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them! Thanks.

I have always been a fan of the magic eraser. It cleans anything I can think of. Recently, I have discovered something else it cleans. I am a smoker and my teeth were stained. Not terrible, but noticeable. I used the eraser on my teeth and they are the best they have looked in years. No more stains. Truly an amazing product.

While I agree melamine foam pads are great cleaners, your suggestion of using them remove toilet bowl rings by cutting a piece off & letting it set in your toilet overnight, is total nonsense. They only work by scrubbing and are chemically inert. The next day all you would have is a wet pad and the same toilet bowl rings.

After my bridal party used “water resistant” window chalk all over my car to decorate it for our honeymoon, we could NOT get the chalk off the car. It came off any glass surfaces fine. Excessive scrubbing with a plastic green scouring pad could get MOST of it off of painted surfaces, but nothing would take it off of the clear plastic paint protecting sticker on the front of my car. I read the Magic Eraser warnings about using it on my car, but decided to risk it. It removed the remnants of chalk from my car paint with just a light wipe of the Eraser; no scrubbing needed. It also removed the chalk from the clear sticker on the front of my car with only a couple of rubs with the eraser. So….the moral of my story is that you CAN use it to clean at least SOMEthings from your car, especially if you’ve run out of options.

I made the stupid mistake or not reading the box and tried to use my magic eraser on my toddler’s hands to get rid of Sharpie marker and it can cause chemical burns. I love my magic eraser but I would never use it on skin. Thankfully I barely used it on his fingers and he had a small red rash. I love all your tips, I am headed to the kitchen to use it on my silver jewelry now 🙂

Best ever sticky residue remover: Ronsinol (yes, the lighter fluid stuff). The guy who does our returns for our store uses it to remove price stickers in literally seconds, and he showed me this hint. Pour a little onto a paper towel, swipe over the price sticker, wait a few seconds, then peel off. It dissolves the glue underneath!

I can vouch for the horrible burn/rash it gave my grandson when I tried to remove a little tattoo he got out of the gum ball machine his poor little arms looked like I had scrubbed the skin off. I felt horrible he was in a lot of pain. Do not use on skin.

While I absolutely LOVE my Magic Erasers, I definitely agree with other posters….NEVER, EVER USE IT ON YOUR SKIN!!! I tried once to remove a small bit of paint on the back of my hand, with VERY light rubbing and it still did terrible damage to my skin and burned for days. Also, from experience, I have learned that you should NOT use them on any type of hard clear plastic. It will scratch it and leave it hazy/cloudy looking. Also not a good idea to use it on any teflon or non-stick surface (which includes most of the air-bake cookware). It will damage the surface – also learned this from experience on one of my good cookie sheets. Now everything sticks in that one spot.

Also, be careful using on plastic/fiberglass shower inserts/tubs. I have used them on the shower floors and over time, it takes the white finish off!! Then it looks worse than being dirty! These have also scratched my shower doors over a few years, too. I quit using them on glass or plastic, at all.

Just one thing about Magic Erasers — watch it doesn’t ruin the surface of whatever you are cleaning. It might dull counter tops or baseboards, test a small area first. But yeah these things are amazing. The bottom of the bathtub always gets really dirty (my youngest refuses to wear shoes and her feet get very dirty, which transfers to the bottom of the tub). Nothing I tried was working until I tried these. Mixed with a little cleaning spray and water, scrub, scrub, scrub and voila! all clean. Makes me wonder what the heck this thing is made of and is it safe though.

Magic erasers are just melamine foam, like the stuff used for sound proofing studios. It’s a micro abrasive. Unless it has cleaners added, like the different varieties of the brand name ones, that;s all it is. That’s why it can dull finishes. You can buy the stuff really cheap on Amazon.

I love magic erasers I need to find the foam on it’s own to save money because I use them so much. Unfortunately in my condo the magic eraser didn’t agree with my walls and ate the paint away, but luckily I found a way to fix it, I used a soapy sponge I washed the wall and dried it immediately. You can’t even tell it happened, there is no funny marks or anything I am so happy and I continue to use the eraser on my walls cause nothing works like it!

My husband uses black car wax on his car and “accidentally” sprayed a drinking mug (Bill Miller’s kind, he hates that thing for some reason) with it. I used a Magic Eraser to get the wax off. I also use them on my glass top stove to make the deep cleanings last longer. They’re horrible on flat or eggshell paint, though. I haven’t tried them on a gloss paint… I use these things for everything, and I use them until they’re so saturated with nasty that they’re flat and have completely ripped to shreds.

Formaldehyde is not and has never been an ingredient in Magic Erasers. One ingredient in Magic Erasers (formaldehyde-melamine-sodium bisulfite copolymer) contains the word “formaldehyde” in it’s chemical name. However, this ingredient is not formaldehyde and poses no health or safety risks. (Like “sodium chloride,” which is common table salt, “sodium” on it’s own is dangerous and can explode or catch fire suddenly, but “sodium chloride” is perfectly safe.)

Do yourself a favor and buy the cheap versions… Same material, same results for much less! I just bought home depot brand today priced $2 less than brand name + 2 more pads. The dollarstore ones work too!!

Today I cleaned years of grime off our pool liner we inherited with the purchase of our new home. I scrubbed with a regular rough scrubber last week, and followed up with an eraser on the remaining parts to find much less work was involved… Amazing!

Using a Magic eraser on silver and gold is a BAD IDEA. Because the eraser is impregnated with ceramic flakes, it actually removes bits of the precious metals you are cleaning. Sure they will look great now, but as time goes on the value is being diminished. In the case of plated items, it can quickly ruin them because the precious metals are so thinly adhered to a lesser metal such as brass in the first place.

My two favorites uses for Magic Erasers are cleaning my cream colored leather furniture and my white 6 paneled interior doors. I have bought many types of expensive leather cleaner and nothing removes all the dirt like this wonderful product. However, I do apply a good leather conditioner afterwards to prevent the leather from drying out. Cleaning my white paneled interior doors had been on of my least favorite household chores until I used the Magic Eraser!! It gets the grime out of the little “wood grain” crevices and they look brand new afterwards. I love this product and always have them on hand.

It will scratch – they are abrasive. They don’t clean the paint on yout wall, they actually takeit off with the dirt. Using it on your car’sw paint job is a horrible idea! And using it on any rough surface, plastic fridge handle, will over time make the surface smooth. You can do many of the things listed with good ole soap & water and elbow grease – you don’t need a magic eraser!

Always spot test first! It discolored my light colored interior-wall paint. Just had to repaint my entire living room (which needed don anyway)! Also, it took the white paint off of my metal kitchen cabinets. I was trying to get off pen scribbles courtesy my three year old. Since I had used them for scuffs on white interior walls and trim, I didn’t think anything of it. I will now limit their use to scuffs on the white walls! Also, if you use it on kids toys or a bath tub where you and your family soak, don’t forget to thoroughly wash the surface with water just as you would with any chemical cleaner.

I ADORE Magic Erasers but I disagree with the one about dirty elbows. There is a disclaimer on the box about NOT using on skin. I ignored this once and came up with a horrible injury on my arm just from a few scrubs to try to remove bandage residue. Please do not use on skin. Otherwise, thanks – I learned to so much from this post! You rock!

I didn’t read through the over 100 comments so sorry if this has already been asked. If it’s the super fine abrasiveness that does the cleaning and not some chemical in it, then how does it clean the water ring in a toilet if you just leave one sitting in there overnight? I’m not trying to argue, just trying to figure out how it would work without scrubbing/rubbing/wiping.

I have a black Silgranit sink — nothing really cleaned it nicely. Powders left a white residue . . . Mr. Clean Magic Erasers are truly magic at getting this sink clean! Less than 30 seconds of swishing one around and the sink looks better than new — when it was new, it looked streaky. I also cut my erasers in quarters — biggest bargain on the planet!

I have tried many things on our sink, my best find is to dry the sink with a dish towel and spray with Pledge type polish. Let it sit for a minute, and wipe it off with the same dish towel. Smells good, too!

We have a black granite sink also. After I clean it with Dr. Bronners pure castile soap, I dry it. Then get some oil, I use olive oil because it is what’s in the pantry, pour a few drops into the sink and rub it in with a clean dish cloth. Then wipe out any excess. It shines and it is edible so no worries about poison like with the Pledge….though same concept.

Love these !! Will do all the things listed here But Please if you dumb and use them on the arm/face hands you get what you ask. Any body should know it will leave a rash.redness!! But I have used it on my heel very tought area of skin like a purmas stone! Not if you trying to get sharpe off try Rubbing alco.!

If melamine dust rendered pet and human food from China dangerous enough to have recalls issued, I’d be very concerned about using these sponges on or near anything I use to eat with. I personally won’t even buy melamine plates/bowls/cups, I’m that distrustful of the long-term exposure effects.

all these people who talk about the magic eraser burning their child’s skin: why on earth would somebody use something on a child’s skin that was designed to take permanent marker off of the walls? It even says on the box not to use it on skin. It is like sand paper! It’s a micro-abrasive. You are rubbing your child’s skin off!

Did you know sunscreen can also remove permanent marker? Next time you see permanent marker on a counter/desk/table etc, put some sunscreen on it…scrub with paper towel and it will go away. Kind of makes one wonder what is in sunscreen…

I thunk they meant it burned their child’s hand when their child held or used it to clean something. A friend of mine let his daughter help clean around the kitchen & the eraser burned her hand. She wasn’t using it to wash herself.

I work a housekeeping job and we use these a lot. They are great, but be careful! If you use on walls, they tend to lighten the paint and leave spots, so use VERY LIGHTLY on paint. On hard to get spots I wouldn’t recommend it because it will take the paint off.

This is coming from a teacher. Magic erasers even the generic ones from Walmart (by the way I prefer these over the brand, No1 cheaper No2 last longer) are the greatest whiteboard erasers ever…keep it dry for daily cleaning and barely moist for deep board cleaning! In the classroom I typically use them dry because they are usually equally effective. I put them on my back to school supply list and use them for… 1. Keeping the classroom whiteboard spotless. 2. Each student keeps one all year in a Ziploc baggie in their desk or cubby that they use to clean their own individual student whiteboards. 3. Every group has a pair of them that I replace once a month to clean crayon, marker, and other funky gunk (teachers will know what I mean) off their desks and chairs. (Then, because I don’t think they are antibacterial every Friday I spray down the desks with Lysol and bada-bing-bada-boom I get a germ and funky gunk free classroom)

The only con to my obsession is that if you don’t remember to only use one side to dry clean the boards you’ll get dried erased expo marker on you. On the plus side a new dry magic eraser will wipe if off quickly from your hand.

****Duh Warning… magic erasers do have chemicals in them so DO NOT put them on your face or in your mouth and wash your hands after you use them!****

As a parent i would not be happy if you had my child handling a magic eraser every day. And duh warning it says to not use on skin so rubbing it on your hand to get the expo marker off is not a very good decision.

I disagree with the “cleaning dirty elbows” comment, Magic Erasers are great for cleaning around the house, but NEVER use on skin. When my little sister was in 9th grade she tried using one on her hand to remove permanent marker, she ended up with a chemical-type burn on her hand for 2 weeks.

My headlight covers on my car were so opaque I was told I had to get them replaced, I used the Mr.CME and VOILA! They look brand new. They were a little hazy after the scrubbing but I put some vaseline on them after the scrub down and my headlights are perfect now.

” remove hair dye from countertops & floors ” haha this made me laugh only cause I knew a girl I went to school with who recently none the less used the magic eraser for cleaning hair dye….except she thought she could use it on her neck….lets just say she posted it on facebook and now many people realize why there are those stupid warning labels on things….

I didn’t get to read all the uses, but want to share this one in case it’s not listed. I could not find anything to clean the white vinyl door handle on the vinyl sliding doors we use daily. After trying magic eraser : WOW–it’s magic !!

Great post! I work for a company that manages rental homes, and this is the best way for tenants to clean scuff marks off walls, baseboards, light switches, counters, etc. so that they can get a full deposit refund. Thanks for sharing!

Using the magic eraser on any paint surfaces of a car is a BAD IDEA. It’s an abrasive and it removes the clear coat from the paint and if pressed hard enough removes the paint itself. You had listed to use it for “Removal of bugs from bumper” and also “Removal of tar from car’s paint”. It should never be used for either of those, but especially not the tar removal. You use a claybar for that. It absorbs the impurities from the paint instead of scratching it away.

I agree that it depends on what kind of paint is on your walls. I’ve used it on flat(no shine) & semi-gloss. It worked great on the flat paint but it took the shine right off the semi-gloss paint, but I could only tell if the light hit it just right. Needless to say I painted alll the walls in my daycare with flat paint so those pretty crayon drawings on the walls are no big deal, LOL!

I used one to clean my white macbook laptop between all of the keys, and it looks brand new now. Keep in mind that it’s five years old and has been used daily for hours by a college student, so it was pretty disgusting.

I was pulling out of my driveway one day and a passing by truck must have dropped an aerosol can of spray paint in the road, and I drove over it…and yes it exploded all over my car!! Funny it dried almost instantly I freaked out because this was a new car!! I tried everything and it was not coming off…grabbed the magic eraser and it came off effortlessly!! That could have been so expensive!!

You can use them to clean algae buildup on the inside of your aquariums, even with the fish in there. Only use the original one though, not heavy duty ones or any with added cleansers. The waterline in my tanks look so much better since I’ve been using them.

I have a question. At Home Depot they won’t allow employees to cut anything made with melamine because they say the melamine particles are very dangerous if you inhale them. Are we leaving little melamine particles all over our homes, cars, etc. when we use Magic Erasers?

Bought a White Pathfinder..when we got it home we realized there were these rust like tiny spots all over it..I used the magic eraser to wash it. The rust spots came off (they would not with regular washing.) The magic erasers removed it with ease and did not effect the clear coat in the slightest! It actually looked like a car off of a show room floor instead of a 2 year old used vehicle.

I cut them into small cubes and put them in my pool filter and outtake hose trap. They make the pool water crystal clear! I take them out everyday and rinse them. They usually look grey or green when I take them out. My pool has never looked better.

that myth that you mention that you say is false… well, after a bit of research.. it is “partly” true. The major competitor for Mr. Clean is Xtreme Sponge… if you go to THEIR site (http://www.xtremesponge.com/) and click on the bottom right column link MSDS then it tells the exact truth, by law, of what the sponge is and what can be toxic. According to this company, the DUST that the sponge makes when it crumbles is the toxic part. And it warns to NOT use chemicals with it due to a possible reaction. Does Mr. Clean Magic Eraser have the MSDS included on THEIR site? I haven’t actually looked yet… just wondering out loud.

My 5 year old grandson spray painted my car’s tail light , the paint dripped down onto the car as well. We instantly got a Mr clean sponge and with much forceful scrubbing it removed it all. It was actually harder to remove the paint from the plastic light than from the car itself. But it worked !

The house we moved into has white countertops, which were stained with rust and what looked like red koolaid. I tried every cleaner I have, with lots of scrubbing, and they didn’t even fade. One wipe with the magic eraser took them all right off!!!

I’ve been using these since they came out over 7 years ago…and I use them for one thing, getting the nasty dog drool off the walls…SO much easier than using anything else. I’ll definitely check into these other uses 😀

I just wanted to say that I was brought 2 your website on 2 separate occasions today. the first was because I was looking for dishwasher tips, and this was the second time – the awesome magic eraser posting. Thanks for the great info!

For Someone who owns dogs. you must deal with lots of hair. so i wanted to share a new “outside of the box” trick, that i would love if you help spread the word!! i work at a car dealership and there, I detail Cars. so we also.. deal with A LOT of hair.. but, we use a PUMICE rock to comb the carpets and Seats with… and literally.. GETS EVERY STRAND OF HAIR!! of course.. have your vacuum handy!!

I have found that using dampened heavy duty work gloves with the dots on the fingertips or the textured latex palm (nylon gloves with the textured latex coated palms) works great at picking up hair on rugs. I’m going to have to try the pumice rock trick a try, thank you!

As a vintage doll collector, I’d advise care in using the magic eraser to clean a doll’s face, which is usually painted. It does sound like it would be fine for limbs or bodies, but spot test it first somewhere that doesn’t show.

I haven’t used these in awhile. It seemed that everything I cleaned with them lost its shine. But after reading this I think I may have been scrubbing too hard (force of habit?). So I’m going to give them another whirl using your tips. Thanks so much for your post!!

When you wax your car and get car wax on the non metal surfaces, you get that dull residue on the dark plastic trim. I had some on the plastic textured parts around the luggage rack on my mini van for 2 years. I tried the magic eraser and it took it off in seconds.

Hubby tried these to get the sticky residue from mailing labels off the road cases at his work. He says it didn’t work. But it DOES take off paint overspray really well, especially if the overspray is a LOT newer than the first paint layer.

I find the residue from these can be the worst part, staying on even after wiping with a damp cloth. Why not just use a damp cloth to begin with?

I just last week found a new way to get adhesive residue off of glass, mirrors and lots more. It is just plain hair spray. I have a total mirrored buffet cabinet and in my move last fall my son thought that duct tape was a good way to keep the doors closed during the move! I had tried about everything when I read the tip on one of the blogs. It works like magic!! I was so happy to finally have shining mirrors on my cabinet again!!!

The toilet ring one is BS! it will do nothing floating around, (unless oyu live on a house boat or something like that, you could probably clean the ring with one, but cutting off a chunk and leaving it does nothing. they are not water soluble. and its like saying leave one on a shelf to clean your shelf!

I just tried Magic Eraser on my boat, and it is unbelievable. There are stains on the underside of most boats, which cannot be removed with anything I know of. I have tried Soft Scrub till my hands hurt, and nothing. I tried the Magic eraser just to see and it wiped away the grime and muck like nothing else. My boat looks brand new and white again, and it is 20 years old.

If you like to save money, go on eBay…you can buy 100 of these sponges from Hong Kong or China from $7 including shipping. Just search “melamine sponge”. Of course you can buy smaller quantities also for similar savings. Delivery in less than 2 weeks usually,

Please do not buy sponges from China or Hong Kong. Cheap Chinese melamine has been tested and may contain high levels of some very dangerous chemicals. Go to http://www.spongeoutlet.com and you can buy sponges taht are identical to the material in teh Magic Eraser for as little as $0.29 a piece – and shipping is free.

Ouch, I have some of those. Can you please cite / link where we can find information on that Bob M? The closest I could find was about the actual Mr. Clean Sponges having formalihide which is not actually true, from Snopes.com. “Formaldehyde is not and has never been an ingredient in Magic Eraser. One ingredient in Magic Eraser (formaldehyde-melamine-sodium bisulfite copolymer) contains the word “formaldehyde” in its chemical name. However, this ingredient is not formaldehyde and poses no health or safety risks. (Think of this name like “sodium chloride”, which is table salt. Sodium by itself can be dangerous, but sodium chloride – salt – is safe.) ” http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/eraser.asp but that was the only thing I could find on google closely related to dangers of Chinese made melamine sponges. I am not doubting you Bob M but since you have made a few posts in favor of the one site, of the many, that sell melamine sponges, I think that it would be reassuring to folks, to have a link to read up on the dangers of Chinese melamine, that you mention. Thanks for the information Bob M. I will not be using Chinese Melamine Sponges until I hear back from you or until I can find some negative information about Chinese Melamine Sponges, which google can’t seem to provide at this time.

The Magic Eraser is an open cell melamine foam manufactured by the largest chemical company in the world – BASF – in Germany. The raw product is called Basotect. You can purchase melamine sponges made from the identical material as the Magic Eraser for as little as $0.29 a piece and shipping is free!

As I am reading the article, I felt a need to try Mr. Clean Erasers! Oh my my!! I should definitely try this. As I can see in other comments, it truly is a great company and I can’t wait to try it! Thanks a lot for this!

I have a white kitchen sink that always got “aluminum marks” from washing pots. I used to use Comet and lots of elbow grease. Then I tried a Magic Eraser. Those marks were gone in a flash and the sink was shining,

My stainless steel refrigerator had 10 years build-up with 2 smokers in the house and the magic eraser made it look new again!! I can’t say enough about my love for this product! I use it on almost everything!

It is an abrasive product. Anytime you use the product on anything with a sheen, it should be spot tested. The sponge is an open cell melamine that wears away with use, which creates an abrasiveness like fine sand paper.

I spent an hour using rubbing compound to remove dripping from a tree off roof of my car. Neighbor said, use magic marker. Cleaning the rest of the roof took 5 minutes with magic eraser. It truly is magic.

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I read somewhere on pinterest that using a magic eraser and rubbing alcohol you can clean faux suede furniture. I tried on a light cream colored recliner that definitely needed cleaning and boy it did the job. The alcohol evaporates so quickly that it doesn’t damage the fabric or leave wet spots.

I had a friend who stained her kitchen cabinets and used it to get the stain off her skin, but the second time she used it on her skin it created a burn rash that was pretty bad, so i’d say be careful using it on the skin (i.e. cleaning dirty elbows)

You are NEVER supposed to use this on the skin. The “magic” eraser is basically a melamine sponge (it is an extremely fine sandpaper) so the person who uses it on the skin is rubbing the skin off and allowing bacteria in. You can also order “melamine” sponges for 1/4 of the price. Be careful, some companies will add formaldehyde to the sponge.

The formaldehyde is only part of the formula, but is has less formaldehyde than in the air. It is like saying don’t use sodium chloride (table salt) because it has sodium (poison) in it. Generic version on Amazon can be found for 9 cents each for box of 100. Mr. Magic is patented only for its ‘marketing approach’ to the generic sponge.

I use it on my skin all the time – BUT CAREFULLY! It helps get some glues and other sticky substances off and it helps get everything off the skin in general. However, I only use melamine on my skin when I need to since it does, in fact, remove skin cells. I have yet to hear of any actual evidence that some companies add formaldehyde. The wide ranging rumor stems from the type substance from which it is made, in which the first term is formaldehyde. As the Magic Eraser folks like to say: “Sodium is bad for you, but sodium chloride is good for you.” Molecules make the difference.

I use a Magic Eraser on the inside of the actual crock. Then I rinse the crock well. It works great at removing the thin layer of cooked-on food that sticks to the sides of the crock even after cleaning.

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My favorite use of Magic Erasers is to remove gunk from my iron. I sew and am a quilter and it is not unusual to have build up of starch or stabilizer adhesive on my iron which can damage fabric. I found the Magic Eraser removes this with hardly any effort at all.

This one is not true. I adore my Mr Clean Erasers (for the walls and tubs and stains and general cleaning, they really are magic) but I have a random splatter of hair dye on the linoleum of my bathroom floor, and it will not come up with any amount of cleansers, elbow grease, Mr Clean ME, Bar Keeper’s friend, baking soda, vinegar, bleach, floor wash, anything.

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I like to help people find unique ways to do things that will save time & money -- so I write about "outside the box" Household Tips and Life Hacks that most wouldn't think of. I'm super-organized. And I LOVE to clean! I even enjoy doing laundry (but not ironing). I’m also a lifelong dog owner -- so I often share my favorite tips for living with dogs inside your home (like smart home design choices and dog-friendly cleaning & decorating ideas). Career-wise, I've been sharing my best ideas with others by blogging full-time since 1998 (the same year that Google started... and before the days of Facebook and YouTube). Prior to that, I worked in Higher Ed over 10 years before switching gears to pursue activities that I'm truly passionate about instead. For example, I've worked at a vet, in a photo lab, and at a zoo -- to name a few. I enjoy the outdoors via bicycle, motorcycle, Jeep, or RV. When I’m not cleaning, organizing, decorating, or fixing something… you'll find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun & helpful websites). To date, I've personally written over 200 articles about cleaning, organization, DIY repairs, and household hacks on this site! A few have over 2M shares; many others have over 100K shares.

I’m a first-time mom. I work from home and I write. Tackling random DIY projects while my husband is at work and my toddler is asleep is how I spend my free time these days. I also enjoy discovering new products and gadgets that will make life easier with a dog, a cat, an active little boy, a Harley-loving husband, and all of our extended family!